diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapter.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapter.java
index 00217c900a2..da976cc3c36 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapter.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.proto.metrics.v1.ResourceMetrics;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.InstrumentationLibraryInfo;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleGaugeData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleHistogramData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleHistogramPointData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoublePointData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleSumData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleSummaryData;
@@ -150,7 +152,13 @@ static Metric toProtoMetric(MetricData metricData) {
                 .build());
         break;
       case HISTOGRAM:
-        // no-op, will add in the following PRs
+        DoubleHistogramData doubleHistogramData = metricData.getDoubleHistogramData();
+        builder.setDoubleHistogram(
+            DoubleHistogram.newBuilder()
+                .setAggregationTemporality(
+                    mapToTemporality(doubleHistogramData.getAggregationTemporality()))
+                .addAllDataPoints(toDoubleHistogramDataPoints(doubleHistogramData.getPoints()))
+                .build());
         break;
     }
     return builder.build();
@@ -225,6 +233,30 @@ static List<DoubleHistogramDataPoint> toSummaryDataPoints(
     return result;
   }
 
+  static Collection<DoubleHistogramDataPoint> toDoubleHistogramDataPoints(
+      Collection<DoubleHistogramPointData> points) {
+    List<DoubleHistogramDataPoint> result = new ArrayList<>(points.size());
+    for (DoubleHistogramPointData doubleHistogramPoint : points) {
+      DoubleHistogramDataPoint.Builder builder =
+          DoubleHistogramDataPoint.newBuilder()
+              .setStartTimeUnixNano(doubleHistogramPoint.getStartEpochNanos())
+              .setTimeUnixNano(doubleHistogramPoint.getEpochNanos())
+              .setCount(doubleHistogramPoint.getCount())
+              .setSum(doubleHistogramPoint.getSum())
+              .addAllBucketCounts(doubleHistogramPoint.getCounts());
+      List<Double> boundaries = doubleHistogramPoint.getBoundaries();
+      if (!boundaries.isEmpty()) {
+        builder.addAllExplicitBounds(boundaries);
+      }
+      Collection<StringKeyValue> labels = toProtoLabels(doubleHistogramPoint.getLabels());
+      if (!labels.isEmpty()) {
+        builder.addAllLabels(labels);
+      }
+      result.add(builder.build());
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
   // TODO: Consider to pass the Builder and directly add values.
   @SuppressWarnings("MixedMutabilityReturnType")
   static void addBucketValues(
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapterTest.java b/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapterTest.java
index 69fec8485bf..f0156e06558 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapterTest.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/common/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/internal/MetricAdapterTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.InstrumentationLibraryInfo;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.AggregationTemporality;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleGaugeData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleHistogramData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleHistogramPointData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoublePointData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleSumData;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DoubleSummaryData;
@@ -206,6 +208,41 @@ void toSummaryDataPoints() {
                 .build());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void toHistogramDataPoints() {
+    assertThat(
+            MetricAdapter.toDoubleHistogramDataPoints(
+                ImmutableList.of(
+                    DoubleHistogramPointData.create(
+                        123,
+                        456,
+                        Labels.of("k", "v"),
+                        14.2,
+                        ImmutableList.of(1.0),
+                        ImmutableList.of(1L, 5L)),
+                    DoubleHistogramPointData.create(
+                        123, 456, Labels.empty(), 15.3, ImmutableList.of(), ImmutableList.of(7L)))))
+        .containsExactly(
+            DoubleHistogramDataPoint.newBuilder()
+                .setStartTimeUnixNano(123)
+                .setTimeUnixNano(456)
+                .addAllLabels(
+                    singletonList(StringKeyValue.newBuilder().setKey("k").setValue("v").build()))
+                .setCount(6)
+                .setSum(14.2)
+                .addBucketCounts(1)
+                .addBucketCounts(5)
+                .addExplicitBounds(1.0)
+                .build(),
+            DoubleHistogramDataPoint.newBuilder()
+                .setStartTimeUnixNano(123)
+                .setTimeUnixNano(456)
+                .setCount(7)
+                .setSum(15.3)
+                .addBucketCounts(7)
+                .build());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void toProtoMetric_monotonic() {
     assertThat(
@@ -462,6 +499,52 @@ void toProtoMetric_summary() {
                 .build());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void toProtoMetric_histogram() {
+    assertThat(
+            MetricAdapter.toProtoMetric(
+                MetricData.createDoubleHistogram(
+                    Resource.empty(),
+                    InstrumentationLibraryInfo.empty(),
+                    "name",
+                    "description",
+                    "1",
+                    DoubleHistogramData.create(
+                        AggregationTemporality.DELTA,
+                        singletonList(
+                            DoubleHistogramPointData.create(
+                                123,
+                                456,
+                                Labels.of("k", "v"),
+                                4.0,
+                                ImmutableList.of(),
+                                ImmutableList.of(33L)))))))
+        .isEqualTo(
+            Metric.newBuilder()
+                .setName("name")
+                .setDescription("description")
+                .setUnit("1")
+                .setDoubleHistogram(
+                    DoubleHistogram.newBuilder()
+                        .setAggregationTemporality(AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA)
+                        .addDataPoints(
+                            DoubleHistogramDataPoint.newBuilder()
+                                .setStartTimeUnixNano(123)
+                                .setTimeUnixNano(456)
+                                .addAllLabels(
+                                    singletonList(
+                                        StringKeyValue.newBuilder()
+                                            .setKey("k")
+                                            .setValue("v")
+                                            .build()))
+                                .setCount(33)
+                                .setSum(4.0)
+                                .addBucketCounts(33)
+                                .build())
+                        .build())
+                .build());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void toProtoResourceMetrics() {
     Resource resource = Resource.create(Attributes.of(stringKey("ka"), "va"));